Curtain-pole



(No Model.) I

, P. B. HARVEY 8x0. F. HARRIS.

CURTAIN POLE.

No. 555,603. PatentedMar.3, 1896.

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PARK BENJAMIN HARVEY AND OASSIUS FREDERICK HARRIS, OF NEIV LONDON,CONNECTICUT.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,603, dated March 3,1896. Application filed October 25, 1895. SerialNo. 566,904. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, PARKBENJAMIN HAR- VEY and (JAssIUs FREDERICKHARRIS, citi- Zens of the United States, and residents of New London, inthe county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ourtain-Poles, of which the following isa specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts.

This invention relates to suspension devices for use in connection withcurtain-poles and for other and similar purposes, and when used inconnection with curtain-poles the object thereof is to provide means forsuspending a curtain, portiere or other article therefrom, and with thisand other objects in view the invention consists in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the fol lowing specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which Figure 1represents a transverse section of a curtain-pole provided with ourimproved suspending device; Fig. 2, a side view of a portion of saiddevice; Fig. 3, a side view of the remaining portion thereof; and Fig. 4is a perspective View of a detail of the construction.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a tubular curtain-poleprovided with a longitudinal slot or opening a in the bottom thereof, orin place of the curtainpole a cir cularly-formed supporting device forother articles or objects may be substituted.

Mounted within the pole A is a spherical body 13, having a deep annulargroove or recess O formed therein, which divides the ball orbody intotwo equal parts, which are united by means of a central portion D, orthe circular body or ball may be composed of two semicircular portionsunited by means of a rod or bolt, as will be readily understood.

Suspended from the central portion or rod D is a plate E, one end ofwhich is preferably circular in form and provided with a bayonetslot F,which opens at one side thereof, as shown in Fig. 3, and the lower endof the plate E is contracted to form a shank G, which projects throughthe longitudinal slot or opening CL in the bottom of the pole, and atthe eX- treme lower end of the shank G is formed a hook, as shown at g,and formed in the body portion thereof is a vertical slot 9, as shown inFig. 3, through which passes a set-screw H, by means of which the jaw Kis secured to the shank G, said set-screw passing through a hole in theupper end of said jaw and said jaw being held in place by a nut or burL.

The lower end of the jaw Kis provided with inwardly-directed teeth orserrations M, and the operation will be readily understood from theforegoing description, when taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings.

The plate E is connected with the central part or rod D by being slippedthereon, as will be readily understood, in which position said centralpart or rod D will occupy the upper annular portion f of thebayonet-slot, and the ball or body B is inserted into the end of thepole A, with the shank G of the plate E extending through the slot oropen ing a. In this position the jaw K may be raised to the highestposition 011 the shank G and secured thereto by means of the nut H, andwhen this is done the plate E cannot be removed from the ball or body Bwithout removing the same from the pole or lowering the jaw K.

It will be understood that a curtain or other article may be clampedbeneath the jaw K and the lower end of the shank G and will be held inposition by the teeth or serrations M 011 said jaw, and when the deviceis used for suspending or supporting curtains, portieres, or similararticles a pole of any desired length may be employed, and any desirednumber of the suspending devices may be connected therewith, and when soconnected said suspending devices will be free to slide or move back andforth from one end of said pole to the other, and it will thus be seenthat when a curtain or portiere is thus suspended the same may be movedfrom one end of the pole.

to the other, as may be desired, or extended the full length thereof.

Our invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangement of parts shown and described, and we therefore reserve theright to make all such alterations therein and modifications thereof asfairly come within the scope of the invention.

Having fully described our invention, we claim and desire to secure byLetters Patcnt In a curtain-suspending device the combination with atubular pole having a longitudinal slot formed therein, of a sphericalbody having a deep annular groove or recess dividing the body into twoequal parts which are united by a central portion or shank, a platesuspended from said shank and having a longitudinal SlOiJfOllllGdtherein, said plate having an enlarged circular end in Which is formed abayonet-slot, and a longitudinal slot formed near the center thereof,the extremity of the plate being bent into a hook, a jaw provided withinwardly-directed teeth and having an opening in the opposite side thereof, a set-screw passing through the slot in the plate and an opening insaid jaw to hold the same together, and a bur o1- nut upon the end ofsaid screw whereby when the jaw is in a clamping position the jaw isparallel to the shank of the plate, and the sphericalbody will notbecome detached from the clamp substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signedour names, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 3d day ofOctober, 1895.

PARK BENJAMIN IIARVE Y.

OASSIUS FREDERICK HARRIS.

\Vitnesses:

NELLIE PAYNE WIGHTMAN,

STEPHEN REYNoLns \VIGHTMAN.

